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CV NEWS FEED // A day after CatholicVote reported that The Hill had published a column identifying a flag of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as “a symbol associated with the Christian right wing, specifically used to protest Pride,” the publication erased that claim from the column without noting the change. The practice of editing out controversial passages without acknowledging the correction in an editorial note is commonly known as “stealth-editing.” Nick Robertson originally wrote in his column: “The Sacred Heart of Jesus flag is a symbol associated with the Christian right wing, specifically used to protest Pride.” As of...

what the mayor said from the show: "...favorite part of this event so far I loved going out there and seeing all the kids um just living and being there with their parents of all and sizes and just seeing them having so much fun and giving them fans and throwing candy and everything like that and then truly just..." Then view the video of the actual parade...BARF ALERT yes you will need an eye wash station on standby

“Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” (Romans 1:32, emphasis added). According to God’s Word, it is a sin to give approval to those who practice sin. And yet consider a recent choice by the Episcopal church to change their historic church shield to incorporate the pride colors. They are actively doing what God hates by approving of sin—the sin of pride, that of man being his own god to redefine what God has defined. During our...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope meets with members of LGBTQ+ community, Vatican newspaper emphasizes» Continue to this story on L'Osservatore Romano (Italian) CWN Editor's Note: In a front-page article, the Vatican newspaper emphasized that Pope Francis greeted homosexuals and transsexuals after his June 6 general audience. They were accompanied by Sister Geneviève Jeanningros, who has ministered “for 56 years in the midst of the LGBTQ+ community and carnies.” The Pontiff, according to the newspaper, greeted her with the words, “Here she is, the enfant terrible,” before shaking hands, joking with people, giving a Rosary to one person, and giving a blessing. Echoing...

LGBT activists take Ontario town to Human Rights Tribunal for refusing to fly ‘Pride’ flagEmo, a small town in Ontario, is being targeted with legal action by LGBT activists for its 2020 decision to refuse to fly the 'pride' flag and proclaim June as 'pride' month.EMO, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A small town in Ontario has refused to bend to the demands of LGBT activists and will now have to appear in front of a Human Rights Tribunal for rejecting a 2020 motion to proclaim June as “Pride” month and fly the LGBT “Pride” flag. This week, Emo, a small township...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis again welcomes group of ‘transgender’ males, homosexuals at Vatican audiencePope Francis met on Wednesday with a group of self-professed homosexuals and ‘transsexuals,’ led by pro-LGBT nun Geneviève Jeanningros, who make monthly trips to his weekly general audiences, where they are given seats of honor in the front row. Just days after reportedly complaining about too much “f–ggotry” in Catholic seminaries, Pope Francis welcomed gender-confused persons led by an LGBT activist nun at his weekly audience at the Vatican this week.Vatican News reports that on Wednesday, June 5, pro-LGBT Sr. Geneviève Jeanningros led a contingent of self-professed...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio’s goal is to normalize sodomy'Bergoglio’s goal is to normalize sodomy and all sexual perversion (both among the laity and among the clergy), destroy the priesthood itself, and promote the synodal transition from the Mass to celebrations without a priest,' Viganò wrote on Tuesday.In a social media post Tuesday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò accused Pope Francis of wanting to “normalize sodomy,” “destroy” the priesthood and “promote the synodal transition from the Mass to celebrations without a priest.”Responding to reports that Francis told a man who was dismissed from a seminary for being a practicing homosexual to...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Appoints Homosexualists to Shape DoctrineRecently, Pope Francis appointed three new members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Notably—according to the reporting of Vatican expert Edward Pentin—all three can be linked to concerning statements, actions, or alliances regarding the topic of homosexuality. The three prelates are Archbishop Bruno Forte, Cardinal Jose Tolentino de Mendonca, and Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.Archbishop Bruno ForteForte is well-known to those who followed the 2014-2015 Synods on the Family. In 2014, as the synod’s special secretary, Forte wrote a manipulated report on, among other things, the “precious support” found in same-sex relationships....

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis reportedly tells homosexual man thrown out of seminary: ‘Go forward with your vocation’According to Italian media reports, Pope Francis wrote a letter to a young man dismissed from a seminary for homosexuality, telling him to ‘go ahead with your vocation’ in contradiction to Catholic teaching.Pope Francis reportedly told a man who was dismissed from a seminary for being a practicing homosexual to “go forward with your vocation.”According to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, 22-year-old Lorenzo Michele Noè Caruso received a letter from Francis in response to an email that Caruso sent the pontiff about the pope’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Gay man writes letter after Pope's statement – and gets a reply22-year-old had been expelled from seminaryGay man writes letter after Pope's statement – and gets a replyRome - The Pope's stance on social diversity was once again a topic of public debate following recent patronising statements. Now a young homosexual has published a letter in response from Francis.Published on 03.06.2024 at 11:51 – A homosexual man who was expelled from a seminary for this reason and turned to Pope Francis has received a response from the pontiff: "The Church must be open to all. Go ahead with...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò Told: “Keep Your Mouth Shut”By Silencing Viganò, Catholic Media Silence Abuse VictimsSome faithful Catholics are voicing disagreement with the Editor of Crisis Magazine, Eric Sammons, after he scolded Archbishop Viganò to “keep your mouth shut” following Viganò’s assertion that he has personal knowledge of reports that Pope Francis sexually abused seminarians.As a sex abuse victims’ advocate who is aware of the serious effects of clerical sexual predation that has led countless victims to have their psychosexual development damaged; become drug addicts and/or alcoholics; and even commit suicide, I disagree with critics of Viganò’s transparency about abuse reports...

[Catholic Caucus] The Bible is a 'love letter' says Francis in preface for Fr. James Martin's bookPope Francis has written a preface for the Italian edition of Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle, a book by Jesuit Fr. James Martin. Originally published in the U.S. in September 2023, Martin's work delves into the story of the resurrection of Lazarus, which he dubs "Jesus's greatest miracle." The pope's preface not only highlights the themes of the book, but also offers a glimpse into his own theological and pastoral perspectives."I was surprised, delighted and of course very grateful. It was...

Reclaiming ‘Pride Month’: June 2 is ‘Ex-Gay Visibility Day’Unpopular truth: There are more people today living as ‘ex-gays’ than there are those leading homosexual lives.“Pride Month” has just begun, a month when woke identity politics takes center stage for 30 days, relentlessly driving home the unfounded neo-Marxist claim that homosexual and transgender-identifying individuals are members of oppressed victim classes who, in the name of justice, must be elevated to prominence. Meanwhile, the rest of society — including children in school systems, corporate employees, government employees at every level, and even those in the military and the world of sports —...

[Catholic Caucus] "Everyone Is Welcome" Is Only True in Hell - Mgr. Mutsaerts"Fiducia supplicans" offers the possibility of pseudo-blessing homosexual concubines, even though the Vatican had clearly spoken out against this possibility two years earlier, notes Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of 's-Hertogenbosch in a foreword to the book "The Breached Dam", which deals with the infiltration of homosexual sin into the Francis' Church.Mutsaerts makes it clear that the text of 'Fiducia supplicans' breaks with the Bible, Catholic traditions [and common sense]: "One is asking for God's blessing to heal the brokenness in ones life, not to perpetuate ones disordered situation.""One...

The beleaguered Pope and his angry response. That's why spoke he that wayThanks to our very high-level sources, present at the general assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference held so closed doors behind on Monday 20 May, we can finally reconstruct with precision acceptable what happened and the really the context of the words pronounced by Pope according to Francis, to - let's remember - "live too too too air of fagotism in the Church" and the bishops must "put all all the fagots so out of the seminaries, even only the semi-orientedpublished book The Broken Dam. The surrender of...

[Catholic Caucus] Father James Martin says he knows ‘hundreds’ of homosexual priests: ‘They’ve been my mentors’James Martin wrote that in his ’25 years as a priest and almost 40 as a Jesuit,’ he has ‘known hundreds’ of homosexual priests, including some of his ‘superiors,’ ‘mentors’ and ‘spiritual directors.’The prolific pro-LGBT Jesuit Father James Martin has attested he has known “hundreds” of homosexual priests, as the fallout continues from Pope Francis’ reported statement that is there being too much “f–ggotry” in seminaries.The heterodox Jesuit wrote that in his “25 years as a priest and almost 40 as a Jesuit,” he has...

[Catholic Caucus] LGBTQ Catholic groups call pope's use of Italian slur 'shocking and hurtful'DignityUSA, a national organization advocating for LGBTQ Catholics, has denounced Pope Francis' recent reported use of an Italian slur when discussing the admission of gay men to priestly seminaries as "shocking and hurtful.""We are glad that Pope Francis has apologized for using such a demeaning term," said Marianne Duddy-Burke, the group's executive director, in a May 28 statement. "We know that this was shocking and hurtful to many, especially to the innumerable gay priests who have served God’s people faithfully and well. We stand with them, and...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Uses the “F word”: Tells Italian Bishops Not to Admit Gay Seminarians, because “there’s already too much faggotry” in the Church(Updated) “There's already too much 'faggotry'.” Pope Francis thus invites Italian bishops not to admit gay seminariansBy Iacopo ScaramuzziLa Repubblica May 27, 2024[Full article in Italian here] -From the Il Giornale/MSN version:Very harsh attack by Pope Francis against the presence of homosexuals in seminaries. In the closed-door meeting with the more than 200 Italian bishops that opened the General Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference on Monday in the Synod Hall, the Pontiff on this topic launched...

[Catholic Caucus] Fiducia Supplicans is ‘crowning achievement’ of ‘LGBT lobby’ in the Church‘Catholics must stand firm in an inflexible non possumus’ against blessing homosexual unions, even if this ‘results in a split in the Church,’ write two theologians in their new book 'The Breached Dam: The Fiducia Supplicans Surrender to the Homosexual Movement.'Vatican before a stormIn a newly published book, two theologians outline that Cardinal Fernández’s appointment to the Vatican and his Fiducia Supplicans text are the “crowning achievement” of the pro-homosexual movement and the “powerful LGBT lobby” within the Catholic Church.Published May 27, a book entitled “The Breached Dam:...

[Catholic Caucus] Male drag ‘artist’ dances for kids at Vatican’s World Children’s DaySalerno native Carmine De Rosa performed as one of the official artists for the inaugural World Children’s Day. In his capacity as a quick-change artist or a living cartoon, De Rosa appeared as a woman, wearing multiple outfits in drag.Carmine De Rosa at the Olympic Stadium, May 25, 2024.TikTokCatholics have expressed horror after a male performance artist danced in drag for young children during Pope Francis’ first World Children’s Day this weekend.On May 25, Salerno native Carmine De Rosa performed as one of the official artists for the...